Dizkus

I want to upgrade my PN installation. When I read the upgrade instructions it says to delete all files etc. Now my question is how do I handle modules that are not delivered with the PN zip file but that I installed extra later on? What is the easiest way to get them "installed again" on the new PN version? I just keep the database structure and data in tact and copy the modules files again to the new installation? Or do I reinstall the new modules again?

Just forget it, found the answer already.

Alot depends on what version of PN your are trying to install. I usually find that just copying the new distsrobution of over the old usually works. then running the install.php. You do have to watch for when the core files change there names. This normally happens when a core module is updated like NS-Admin and it gets renamed to Admin. Hopefully the install intructions would address a change like this.

You also have to watch what add-in modules you may have, some of them require you to edit core files. These will stop working when you over write file. Normally its a bad idea just to use the old core files since they may have had bug fixes applied to them.

You can should be able to check the version of a core file by the first line in the file. If the new file matches the old cvs version the you should be able to use the old version and be ok. If not you need to reaply you changes to the new version of the file.